The album's title was originally planned to be Latinna, and it also includes promotional singles intended for the cancelled extended play (EP) Summer Days. Inna and Body and the Sun were supported by several concert tours in Europe and Japan. Seven singles have also been released to aid the record, of which "Cola Song" (2014) was successful in Europe and was certified Platinum in Spain and "Diggy Down" (2014) marked Inna's third number one hit in Romania. Commercially, Inna only reached minor success on record charts, peaking at number 157 in Japan and at position 45 in Mexico.

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[Inna is] about me and my fans, it's about the energy that we have together. It's so amazing when you see a lot of people singing your songs and dancing on your music, that you get so much inspired to go back in the studio and write about that.

Inna first hinted at the release of new music by uploading a preview of unreleased tracks on her YouTube channel on 18 October 2014; the video included samples of "Bamboreea", "Jungle", "We Wanna", "Rendez Vous", "Danse avec moi" and "Hola".[9] The album was originally scheduled to be named Latinna (stylized as LatINNA). In an interview with Direct Lyrics in April 2014, the singer said that title alluded at her "feel[ing] Latinna" (Latina) and her notable success in Spanish-speaking, Latin-origin territories.[10] The album was then changed to Inna as "[she wants] that and [she feels] that right now". The singer also stated that it is "a lot of [her] and [her] energy, and [she] felt it coming very natural", confessing that her favorite track on the album was "Fool Me".[8] The record includes "Take Me Higher", "Low", "Devil's Paradise", "Tell Me", "Body and the Sun" and "Summer Days", which were released as promotional singles in 2014[11][12] for the cancelled extended play (EP) Summer Days.[13] Inna recorded the album in one year in various cities, such as Barcelona, Ibiza, Los Angeles and Copenhagen.[8]

Inna was released worldwide on 30 October 2015 by Warner,[14] followed by its availability in Turkey on digitally and physical formats on 6 November 2015 and 29 April 2016, respectively, through Yeni Dünya Müzik.[15][16] A digital download and CD was also released to Mexico on 11 March and 25 March 2016, respectively, by Warner.[17][18] A Japanese edition of the record, titled Body and the Sun, was first released digitally worldwide on 23 July 2015 by Roton and Empire Music.[19] Subsequently, it was made available in Japan on both digital and CD formats by Warner Music on 31 July 2015 and 5 August 2015, respectively.[20][21]Pure Charts called the album's release process "chaotic".[13] In an interview, Inna said that she decided with her team to make a special Japanese version of the record since Japan was selected as the first country for the album's release. They looked at fans' reactions when putting together its tracklist.[22]

The record experienced minor commercial success on record charts. In Japan, the Body and the Sun version reached number 157 on the Oricon chart on 17 August 2015, where it spent two weeks.[56] It marked the singer's lowest-selling album in the country, having sold about 760 copies in Japan as of August 2015.[57]Inna further peaked at position 45 on Mexico's AMPROFON chart on the week ending 24 March 2016.[58]